Violent Crime

The state plans to use nitrogen hypoxia for the first time Tuesday when it’s scheduled to put Jessie Hoffman to death.

A third suspect is in custody following the hazing death of Southern University student Caleb Wilson, Baton Rouge police said.

Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.

A TikTok personality known as Mr. Prada is charged in the bludgeoning death of a Louisiana therapist. Authorities in Baton Rouge said Thursday that 20-year-old Terryon Thomas is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 69-year-old Nicholas Abraham, a therapist in Baton Rouge.

Winn sat down with the Gulf States Newsroom's Kat Stromquist to discuss what causes Shreveport to struggle with shootings, and what could help.

Some residents say Shreveport’s history of mass incarceration has changed their community — and their families.

As violent crime slows down across the South, Shreveport is reckoning with the aftermath of an unusually deadly 2023.

Over Memorial Day weekend, at least 26 shootings were reported in major cities across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. At least 10 people were killed and 17 others were injured. It was the latest example of rising homicides and gun violence across the Gulf states this year.

The head of New Orleans’ police department said Friday that “significant arrests,” related to the city’s violent crime spike, have been made in all eight…